re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by Poodlebrain on 8/15/12 at 2:37 pm to arseinclarse)

Do you think the SSA has security guards at its various field offices? Do you think those security officers are armed? If so, then they need ammunition. I don't think the amount of ammunition is all that large for an organization with offices disbursed throughout the country.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by Quidam65 on 8/15/12 at 2:49 pm to Chicken)

quote:is this report credible?

There is, as another poster mentioned, a solicitation for SSA to buy the bullets mentioned in the original article, which has also been confirmed elsewhere.

But the original article is from InfoWars, the group led by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Some of the info may be true but the story is always spun to please the black helicopter crowd that follows him.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by notiger1997 on 8/15/12 at 2:53 pm to jamboybarry)

quote:And just as an aside, if the government were buying up large amounts of ammunition for some nefarious purpose would they go through public advertisement on the government procurement website?

Damn you and your logic. I also wonder how many people think that these security guards would be worth a damn with their guns, disciplined enough to follow marching orders to kill fellow Americans, or smart enough to come close to putting together some kind of cohesive unit.

These folks, whoever they are, are probably about like TSA folks when it comes to stuff like that. The TSA level of folks would end up shooting themselves in the cock or trade their gun for weed if all hell broke loose.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by RCDfan1950 on 8/15/12 at 3:07 pm to notiger1997)

The Romney/Ryan administration are going to need this heat, to deal with the OWS'ers when the Socialist/Democratic Party revs them up after the election. The gangs in the inner cities are going to have to be kept there; if they head to the country like in Katrina, and tie up with the rednecks and good country folk...it'll all come unglued.

Just like in an LSU game...wanna beat the rush...better leave halfway in the last quarter.

Hell...those people up there know more than we do; just don't holler 'fire' in the theater. We all need to be ready to help keep civility, in case of economic collapse and logistical paralysis. Called civic duty. Freedom rocks.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by SmackoverHawg on 8/15/12 at 3:11 pm to jamboybarry)

quote: Again, they have a full IG staff that all carry And just as an aside, if the government were buying up large amounts of ammunition for some nefarious purpose would they go through public advertisement on the government procurement website?

I'm not concerned about some nefarious plot against Americans. I worry they forsee some impending crisis and are preparing accordingly. Economic collapse? Environmental disaster?

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by Chicken on 8/15/12 at 3:12 pm to Quidam65)

quote:That's not SSA, that's Homeland Security. Which covers numerous agencies (ICE, Border Patrol, TSA). Also the contract is for five years and the quoted figure is an estimated maximum, not a set amount.

ok, but why are they buying hollowpoint bullets in that quantity? and why now?

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by Poodlebrain on 8/15/12 at 3:20 pm to Chicken)

quote:ok, but why are they buying hollowpoint bullets in that quantity? and why now?

Hollow points are pretty good for indoor targeting of humans. They do not penetrate walls or furniture very effectively. So they are pretty good for security guards who would be expected to respond to situations in crowded offices. And when they do hit humans they cause lots of damage.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by RCDfan1950 on 8/15/12 at 3:20 pm to jamboybarry)

It'll be 'all hands on deck', buddy. Hell, what else are those folks going to do to earn their pay, if the OWS'ers shut it all down? And you can add a ton of black racists to the fray if we go Greece; both Obama and Biden are sewing the seeds of racist hatred anyway.

I really hope they have a plan up there, to corral the yahoos. It aint the Tea Party that we have to worry about...it's the Democratic Party. They are the Commies, ignorant useful idiots and slackers and misguided Utopians.

re: SS Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets(Posted by SmackoverHawg on 8/15/12 at 3:27 pm to RCDfan1950)

I think they are prepping for a global economic collapse. Once the checks stop, people will storm SSA offices. Immigrants from the south will multiply exponentially. The civil unrest would be too widespread to be handled by the military, national guard, and local LE. I don't think it's for an offensive attack against the American people. I think they are readying themselves for the imminent economic crash we are headed for.